Improvement in butter-boxes



N. WATERBTJRY.

w BUTTER-BOX. No.187,945. Patented Feb. 27, 1877.

NJEERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHEB. WASHINGTON. D C,

UNITED STATES PATENT Eten..

NATHANIEL WATERBURY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTER-BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 187,945, dated February27, 1877; application liled January 25, 187.7.

To all whom it may concer/n:

Beit known that I, N. WATERBUEY, of Baltimore, in the county ofBaltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Butter-Boxes; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, Which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains -to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification, and in Which- Figure l is a perspective view of myimproved butter or other packing box; Fig. 2, a vertical section throughthe dotted line a' a: of Fig. l; and Fig. 3, a similar View, showingeach ring or band of the box with its contents 'inclosed by a separatecloth or bandage.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are designated by likeletters.

The nature of this invention Will be readily understood from the claims.

In the annexed' drawing, A A A refer to a number of rings or bandsplaced one upon the other, and constituting the box, each of which maybe of a quarter orhalf. pound capacit-y; and these rings or bands may beall under one cloth or other suitable bandage, B, which may also covertheir heads C G, as

. seen in Figs. l and 2.

ItWill be observed that in Fig. 3 each ring or band A is inclosedseparately, as is also its contents. The object of thus constructing thebox from rings or bauds of suitable capacities is to enable itscontents, especially when packed with butter, to be unpacked inquantities suitable for retailing-4'. e., in quan- .tities of a quarteror half pound, pound, and

or bands A A are beveled upon their exterior circumferences, as at a a,to designate their 4points of separation through the cloth or bandage.

To unpack the box in serving a customer or purchaser, the cloth issevered, where a single bandage is used, at the designated point, andthe ring, With the desired quantity of butter, separated or severed fromthe con tents of the adjoining ring or band, after which the upper headis removed, (or it may be removed before severing the bandage,) when thesevered ring or band, with its contents, `:vill be ready, at'terproperly wrapping the same, vto be passed to the customer or purchaser.

The rings covered or bandaged, as shown in Fig. 3, can be separated orremoved without having to sever the bandage, as in the above or firstinstance, Without having to Wrap the severed ring, since the bandage orcloth entirely incloses its contents. The rings or bands, when thuspacked or bandaged, can be removed or unpacked with their contents, andplaced on the counter or other exposed position.

In putting up butter in this Way the dealer is afforded an opportunityto print the butter, or give it any impression he may desire, as eachorder is lled, to identify it with his store or stand.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

l. A packing-box consisting of .connected sections of the same diameter,designedly made easily separable by force applied eXteriorly to theirconnections, and of heads eutirely covering and including the sectionsbetween them, and ot' suitable means for holding all the heads andsections together, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of bands A A, easilyseverable connections B B Bbetween sections, and between sections and heads, the inclosing slittedheads U C, and Wires or cords D D, as and for the purpose setV forth.

3. A packing-box consisting of two or more separate bands, A A, of thesame or different width, each being separately surrounded and Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereunto aix mysignature in presence of two Witnesses.

NATH ANI EL WATERBURY.

Witnesses:

J As. H. LANGE, J. WM. MISTER.

